reyn

English

Noun

reyn (plural reyns)

Obsolete form of rain.
Obsolete form of rein.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for reyn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

NYer, Nery, yern

Icelandic

Verb

reyn

second-person singular active imperative of reyna

Middle English

Alternative forms

rein, reine, reigne, ren, rayn, rayne

Etymology

From Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rɛi̯n/, /reːn/

Noun

reyn (plural reynes)

rain

1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prioresses Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868, line 222:
His salte teeris trikled doun as reyn.
His salt tears trickled down like rain

Descendants

English: rain
Yola: rhyne, ryne

References

“rein, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Norse

Verb

reyn

second-person singular present active imperative of reyna

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